6 Domains Of Cognition: The TeachThought Learning Taxonomy
6 Domains Of Cognition: The TeachThought Learning Taxonomy by Terry Heick How can you tell if a student really understands something? They learn early on to fake understanding exceptionally well, and even the best assessment leaves something on the table. (In truth, a...
A Taxonomy For Transfer: 14 Ways Learners Can Transfer What They Know
A Taxonomy For Transfer: 14 Ways Learners Can Transfer What They Knowby Terry HeickWhat is transfer?In “Using Self-Transfer To Drive 21st Century Assessment,” I offered that transfer was “the practice of applying knowledge or meaning from a familiar context to an...
When Students Study What They Can Still Change
When Students Study What They Can Still Change by Terry Heick I was reading the surprisingly enlightening comments section of a YouTube video when I ran across an interesting idea: the energizing effect of making education contemporary. In this context, contemporary...
Why The Best Teachers Change Their Minds
Why The Best Teachers Change Their Minds by Terry Heick When I first started teaching, I thought essay writing was the ideal form of assessment. If students could “write intelligently” about an idea (or the big idea of a certain academic standard), they understood. If...
What Kind Of Student Should School Produce?
What Kind Of Student Should School Produce? by Terry Heick What kind of student should school produce? That’s a big question. Let’s backup and look at the recent collision of science and government in the United States as a kind of context. Slate recently published an...
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- The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 147 Unpacking PBL Through A Student’s Passion
- A Visual Summary: 32 Learning Theories Every Teacher Should Know
- The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 146 Does Education Have a Twitter Problem?
- The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 145 Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom
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